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United States Patent and Trademark Office 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
United States Patent and Trademark Office 
Address: COMMISSIONER FOR PATENTS 
P.O. Box 1450 

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450 
www.uspto.gov 



APPLICATION NO. 



FILING DATE 



FIRST NAMED INVENTOR 



ATTORNEY DOCKET NO. 



CONFIRMATION NO. 



09/868,417 



10/23/2001 



Charles Cameron Lindquist 



26646 7590 06/19/2006 

KENYON & KENYON LLP 
ONE BROADWAY 
NEW YORK, NY 10004 



12143/1 



1411 



EXAMINER 



MEUCCI, MICHAEL D 



ART UNIT 



PAPER NUMBER 



2142 

DATE MAILED: 06/19/2006 



Please find below and/or attached an Office communication concerning this application or proceeding. 



PTO-90C (Rev. 10/03) 



Office Action Summary 


Application No. 

09/868,417 


Applicant(s) 

LINDQUIST, CHARLES CAMERON 


Examiner 

Michael D. Meucci 


Art Unit 

2142 





•• The MAILING DATE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address - 



Period for Reply 

A SHORTENED STATUTORY PERIOD FOR REPLY IS SET TO EXPIRE 1 MONTH(S) OR THIRTY (30) DAYS, 
WHICHEVER IS LONGER, FROM THE MAILING DATE OF THIS COMMUNICATION. 

- Extensions of time may be available under the provisions of 37 CFR 1 .136(a). In no event, however, may a reply be timely filed 
after SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication. 

- If NO period for reply is specified above, the maximum statutory period will apply and will expire SIX (6) MONTHS from the mailing date of this communication. 

- Failure to reply within the set or extended period for reply will, by statute, cause the application to become ABANDONED (35 U.S.C. § 133). 
Any reply received by the Office later than three months after the mailing date of this communication, even if timely filed, may reduce any 
earned patent term adjustment. See 37 CFR 1.704(b). 

Status 

1)S Responsive to communication^) filed on 25 April 2006 . 
2a)D This action is FINAL. 2b)D This action is non-final. 

3) D Since this application is in condition for allowance except for formal matters, prosecution as to the merits is 

closed in accordance with the practice under Ex parte Quayle, 1935 CD. 11, 453 O.G. 213. 

Disposition of Claims 

4) E3 Claim(s) 59-122 is/are pending in the application. 

4a) Of the above claim(s) is/are withdrawn from consideration. 

5) Q Claim(s) is/are allowed. 

6) Q Claim(s) is/are rejected. 

7) D Claim(s) is/are objected to. 

8) ^3 Claim(s) 59-122 are subject to restriction and/or election requirement. 

Application Papers 

9) D The specification is objected to by the Examiner. 

10) D The drawing(s) filed on is/are: a)D accepted or b)D objected to by the Examiner. 

Applicant may not request that any objection to the drawing(s) be held in abeyance. See 37 CFR 1.85(a). 
Replacement drawing sheet(s) including the correction is required if the drawing(s) is objected to. See 37 CFR 1.121(d). 

11) D The oath or declaration is objected to by the Examiner. Note the attached Office Action or form PTO-152. 

Priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 

1 2) Q Acknowledgment is made of a claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 1 1 9(a)-(d) or (f). 
a)D All b)D Some * c)D None of: 

1. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received. 

2. D Certified copies of the priority documents have been received in Application No. . 

3. D Copies of the certified copies of the priority documents have been received in this National Stage 

application from the International Bureau (PCT Rule 17.2(a)). 
* See the attached detailed Office action for a list of the certified copies not received. 



Attachment(s) 

1) □ Notice of References Cited (PTO-892) 

2) [Zl Notice of Draftsperson's Patent Drawing Review (PTO-948) 

3) □ Information Disclosure Statement(s) (PTO-1449 or PTO/SB/08) 

Paper No(s)/Mail Date . 



4) O Interview Summary (PTO-413) 

Paper No(s)/Mail Date. . 

5) O Notice of Informal Patent Application (PTO-1 52) 

6) □ Other: . 



U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 

PTOL-326 (Rev. 7-05) 



Office Action Summary 



Part of Paper No./Mail Date 20060612 



Application/Control Number: 09/868,417 Page 2 

Art Unit: 2142 

DETAILED ACTION 



Election/Restrictions 

1. Restriction to one of the following inventions is required under 35 U.S.C. 121: 

I. Claims 59-120, drawn to computer network access regulating, classified in 
class 709, subclass 225. 

II. Claims 121-122, drawn to alarm system supervision, classified in class 
340, subclass 506. 



2. The inventions are distinct, each from the other because of the following reasons: 
Inventions I and II are related as subcombinations disclosed as usable together 

in a single combination. The subcombinations are distinct from each other if they are 
shown to be separately usable. In the instant case, invention I has separate utility such 
as the communications server creating a new connection to a connection gateway 
which provides access to information contained within the environment directly to an 
internet browser, whereas invention II has separate utility such as activating an alert 
condition and transferring event information on the event which caused the alert 
condition for future use. 

3. Because these inventions are distinct for the reasons given above and have 
acquired a separate status in the art as shown by their different classification, restriction 
for examination purposes as indicated is proper. 



Application/Control Number: 09/868,417 Page 3 

Art Unit: 2142 

4. Applicant is advised that the reply to this requirement to be complete must 
include an election of the invention to be examined even though the requirement be 
traversed (37 CFR 1.143). 



Conclusion 

5. Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the 
examiner should be directed to Michael Meucci at (571) 272-3892. The examiner can 
normally be reached on Monday-Friday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. 

If attempts to reach the examiner by telephone are unsuccessful, the examiner's 
supervisor, Andrew Caldwell, can be reached at (571) 272-3868. The fax phone 
number for this Group is 571-273-8300. 

Communications via Internet e-mail regarding this application, other than those 
under 35 U.S.C. 132 or which otherwise require a signature, may be used by the 
applicant and should be addressed to [michael.meucci@uspto.gov]. 

All Internet e-mail communications will be made of record in the application file. 
PTO employees do not engage in Internet communications where there exists a 
possibility that sensitive information could be identified or exchanged unless the record 
includes a properly signed express waiver of the confidentiality requirements of 35 
U.S.C. 122. This is more clearly set forth in the Interim Internet Usage Policy published 
in the Official Gazette of the Patent and Trademark on February 25, 1997 at 1 195 OG 
89. 



Application/Control Number: 09/868,417 



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Art Unit: 2142 

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